Table 3 Nutritional quality^a of the shopping cart across demographic and economic characteristics by allocated front-of-pack nutrition label (N = 2194)

  < $2699

1.9 (3.2)

1.2 (3.3)

1.0 (3.4)

 $2700-6799

1.7 (3.0)

1.0 (3.1)

1.3 (3.1)

 $6800-11,599

1.2 (2.7)

0.7 (3.0)

0.8 (3.3)

 $11,600-34,99

0.8 (2.7)

0.0 (2.6)

0.4 (3.0)

  > $35,000

−0.2 (2.4)

0.6 (2.6)

−0.3 (2.4)

p-trend

0.000

0.002

0.003

 Secondary school and lower

2.1 (3.0)

1.7 (3.3)

1.8 (3.6)

 High-school

1.5 (2.9)

0.7 (2.9)

1.1 (3.3)

 Undergraduate

1.0 (2.8)

0.5 (2.9)

0.4 (2.9)

 Graduate

0.9 (2.8)

−0.2 (2.7)

−0.3 (2.5)^a

p-trend

0.000

0.000

0.000

 Not interested or a little interested

2.3 (3.0)

1.7 (3.1)

1.8 (2.8)

 Very interested

1.1 (2.8)

0.5 (3.0)

0.6 (3.2)

p-value

0.000

0.000

0.000

 Not knowledgeable

2.3 (3.1)

1.9 (3.5)

1.9 (3.1)

 A little knowledgeable

1.4 (2.7)

1.0 (2.8)

0.8 (2.7)

 Somewhat and very knowledgeable

0.7 (2.9)

−0.1 (2.7)

0.3 (3.5)

p-trend

0.000

0.000

0.000